Wind Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpin
- Limite forestière
- Sous la limite forestière
- Probabilité
- Possible
- Taille
- 1–2
You can trigger an avalanche in wind-drifted snow above treeline. Southeast winds Thursday built thin, stiff slabs on many northerly-facing slopes. If you are traveling above treeline identify and avoid steep wind-drifted slopes where the snow feels hard and hollow or where you notice cracks shooting across the snow as you walk across it. Safer options exist on wind-sheltered slopes at lower elevations.